Michael J. Fox's NBC Comedy Will Show Parkinson's Being 'Frustrating And Funny'
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Fox plays a local newscaster with Parkinson’s
At the Television Critics’ Association summer press tour on Saturday, Fox explained how he is making the disease "funny."
"The reality of
“The humor was based on the kind of stuff I deal with on a daily basis," added the 52-year-old actor. "I feel that this is the reflection of my experience and certainly in the pilot it was more prevalent than it is in subsequent scripts."
With the show, Fox wants
Clearly the disease isn't scaring away network execs, as "Fox’s return to toplining a sitcom created such a bidding frenzy among the nets that NBC gave the Sony Pictures TV project a 22-episode on-air commitment last fall," notes Variety.
“The Michael J. Fox Show" premieres on NBC in September. Watch the trailer below:
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